MATERIALS:
2.5 mm tulip crochet hook
6 mm safety eyes
fabric glue
fiber fill
tapestry needle
YARNS:
Milk cotton yarn in Light-Yellow, Black, and White
Mercerized thread in Pastel Pink for the mini bow,
Pink and Black to embroider the cheeks and mouth
ABBREVIATIONS:
RND - round
RNDS - rounds
ch - chain
sc - single crochet
st - stitch
sts - stitches
sl st - slip stitch
inc - increase
dec - decrease
Wings (make 2)
Make a magic ring and 6 sc inside
Sl st in the first st and cut off the yarn, leaving a long yarn tail. Weave the other yarn tail from magic ring and cut off the excess yarn.
Body
Crochet with Yellow yarn
RND 1: make a magic ring, ch 1 and 6 sc inside Put an st marker in the first st and work in
continuous spiral
RND 2: inc (6x) = 12 sc
Put an st markers to RND 2 in 4 and 9 sts (4 sts apart)
RND 3: 1 sc, 1 inc (6x) = 18 sc
RND 4: 1 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc (6x) = 24 sc
Start the RND with 1 sc & 1 inc then continue to 2 sc & 1 inc (end the RND with 1 sc)
Put the safety eyes where you placed the st markers
RND 5: sc all around = 1 RND of 24 sc
Change the yarn to Black then place it in the last st (don’t cut the Light-Yellow yarn, leaving it in the last st)
RND 6 & 7: sc all around = 2 RNDS of 24 sc
Change the yarn to Light-Yellow and place it in the last st (don’t cut the Black yarn, leaving it in the last st)
RND 8 - 10: sc all around = 3 RNDS of 24 sc
Change the yarn to Black then place it in the last st. Cut off the Yellow yarn and hide the yarn tail in sts.
RND 11 & 12: sc all around = 2 RNDS of 24 sc
RND 13: 2 sc, 1 dec (6x) = 18 sc
Stuff the body with fiberfill, firmly
RND 14: 1 sc, 1 dec (6x) = 12 sc
RND 15: dec (6x) = 6 sc
Weave in the front loops of the rest 6 sts and pull the yarn to close the hole. Hide the yarn tail and cut off the excess yarn.
Sew the wings on top of the body in RND 7 (2nd row of the Black).